THE BEAUTIFUL MIND GAME
Football is a common denominator that acts like a language connecting millions of people across the world. It creates interest and sparks emotions in a way that regular conversations usually fail to do.
THE BEAUTIFUL MIND GAME takes metaphors and tactics from the pitch and applies them to work and home life in a powerful coaching experience.
The book accurately describes the life of football.
Chief Executive, Reading Football Club
Describes the influences of the game from a fan’s perspective. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!
Former Captain, Tottenham Hotspur
Yes mate, I like it.
Footballer for Arsenal, 2008-2018
The final (part 1)
Creating a club culture for the England Team
Football; The sport of Apollo. It’s a messenger that speeds up when the journey’s end is near
Lessons from Leicester
This week the biggest English football competition was won by Leicester City. This was highly unexpected…
The Language of Football| Blog 2010
Keep Your Friends Close. Your Enemies Closer Still
The Language of Football| Blog 2012
The Field of Gove Dreams – an un-level playing surface.
The positive powers of football vs. the darker side within
The changing shape of the promised land.
From Hare to Tortoise Eternity
Six Nil: Under control and not so bad.
Women were a deep mystery to me as I grew up. I either avoided them or over-killed (myself) with them.
YOU MAKE AN OLD MAN VERY HAPPY
This is code for saying that I kicked opponents and demonstrated toughness and gamesmanship. My colleagues liked it and to be honest, I enjoyed their plaudits.
You’re up but You’re Down
A pre-echo. The sun sets, the game rises
The Glass Ceiling Stadium
A man’s game or the people’s sport? At last football has a female manager and we can all progress.
Back in the Saddle again
WFH, xG and introducing xEMx ©
despite having doubts about these metrics, I’m unashamedly jumping on the bandwagon and taking this opportunity to introduce my own workplace metric, Expected Emotional Exchange© or xEMx ©
Beginnings of Ends, Ends of Beginnings, Tortoises, Hares and all that…
One Hundred
My attention span and train-of-thought have definitely reduced during the pandemic, I believe the major reason for this is that I have had fewer one to one conversations with people outside my bubble
Not My World Cup
global darlings Brazil, conceded seven goals to the eventual victors Germany. Everything else has been wisely forgotten
The World Cup Who Fell To Earth (is Joe Lycett a bully?)
If he was entirely fair in picking on David Beckham. His reasoning is that Beckham has benefited financially and image-wise as a gay icon, he even wore a dress once, and according to Lycett, ought to have condemned both FIFA and Qatar.
False Starts?
The Foundations of Football Identity lie Deeper than Those Of The Stadia
(Risk) Aversion Therapy
You swapped supplier negotiations, cash-flow headaches and being squeezed by larger organisations for a salary, pension, and the chance to help people directly. Not a bad trade.”